Department of Soil and Crop Sciences

Borlaug, who saved millions from hunger, dies

Scientist and Nobel Peace Prize winner Norman Borlaug rose from his childhood on an Iowa farm to develop a type of wheat that helped feed the world, fostering a movement that is credited with saving up to 1 billion people from starvation.
 

Borlaug, who saved millions from hunger, dies

Norman Borlaug, who developed crops that helped save millions from world hunger, died at 95. Scientist and Nobel Peace Prize winner Norman Borlaug rose from his childhood on an Iowa farm to develop a type of wheat that helped feed the world, fostering a movement that is credited with saving up to 1 billion people from starvation.